Install freeNikos Tsirakis
Co-founder · 219 posts
Nikos Tsirakis is a co-founder of Pandectes and a computer engineer. He writes about privacy regulation, consent management and the engineering behind GDPR compliance for Shopify stores.
Google's EU User Consent Policy Audit: The 8 Checks and How to Pass Them
Google is auditing consent on sites that advertise in Europe. The 8 issues it flags, how to fix each one on Shopify, and what agencies managing client accounts need to do.
Cookie Consent Rate: What Is Normal, and How to Raise It Without Dark Patterns
What a good cookie consent rate looks like, why it decides how well Google Ads and Meta optimise, and six honest ways to raise it, including contextual consent.
Cookie Banner Design for Shopify: How One Change Lifted Conversions by 32%
Cookie banner design best practices for Shopify, from a real A/B test where a non-blocking banner lifted conversion rate by 32% and kept consent compliant.
Shopify GDPR Compliance: The Complete 2026 Guide
Is your Shopify store GDPR compliant? What Shopify covers, what you must do yourself, an 8-step checklist with admin paths, fines, and the 2026 changes.
Migrating From WordPress to Astro: Our Step-by-Step Case Study
How and why we migrated from WordPress to Astro: the process, the tools we built, and the ten paid plugins and services we retired afterward.
EU Legal Guarantee Notice & GARAN Label: What Shopify Merchants Must Do by September 27, 2026
From 27 September 2026, every Shopify store selling physical goods to EU consumers must display the EU Legal Guarantee Notice, and some products need the GARAN label too. Here is exactly what changes, who it applies to, and how to comply.
What’s new in Pandectes 5.5.0
We are excited to announce the release of Pandectes GDPR Compliance version 5.5.0!
What’s new in Pandectes 5.4.0
A release focused on expanded compliance controls, deeper audit visibility, enhanced storefront accessibility, and built-in merchant engagement tools.
What’s new in Pandectes 5.3.0
Focused on administrative efficiency, advanced bot handling, onboarding, and vastly enhanced banner preview and analytics capabilities.
What’s new in Pandectes 5.2.0
Focused on administrative efficiency, advanced bot handling, and enhanced banner preview capabilities.